Window screen



T. J. BURNS Dec. 28 1926.

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Patented Dec. 28, 1926.

UNITED STATES l 1,612,261 PATENT OFFICE.

` THOMAS J. BURNS, OF icHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WINDOW SCREEN.

Application filed August 24, 1925. Serial No. 52,015.

This invention relates toa screen closure for windows and otheropenings, the general object of the invention being to place the screenon a spring roller so that it can be raised and lowered like a windowshade, with means for guidng the edges of the screen in the walls oftheopening and for causing it to make a tight fit with the lower wall ofthe opening.

Another object of the invention ,is'to provide a casing for enclosingrthe roller with an opening therein for providing access to the rollerwith a handle part on the bottom of the screen which is formed to closethe opening when the screen is wound upon the roller.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for preventingmovement of the edges of the screen in the guiding means and to preventrattling of the parts.

This invention also. consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to beV4hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claims. l

In describing my inventionl in detail, reference willl be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure lis an elevation of a window frame showing the invention in use.7

Figure 2 is a section on line 2 -2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-'3 of Figure 1.

`Figure/1 is a perspective View of a portion of one edge of the screenshowing one of the guiding members thereon.

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Figure 1. y

Figure 6 is a perspective view. of the lower corner of the screen.

Figure 7 is aV perspective View of a portion of the spring pressedstrip. v

Figure 8 is a section on line 8-8 of Figure 6. M

In these views, 1 indicates a spiingroller which is of the type used insupporting window shades. yThis roller has its pintles engasing openingsin a casing 2 so that the roller is supported by the casing and saidcasing is fastened to the top part of the window framev A or otherstructure, theopening in which is. to be screened. lThe screen 3 has itsupper end fastened to the 1 roller, as shown at 4, and a strip 5 ofiiexiblc metal is connected with eachside edge of the screen so as ltoreinforce the same and keep the screen from bending or getting out ofshape. `A guideway is arranged at each side of the opening for receivingthe side edges of the screen and each guideway is composed of twomembers 6 and 7 which are suitably fastened to the'side walls of theopening and the member 7 of which has an offset portion which provides achamber 8 in whicli` is arranged an L-shaped strip 9 which is providedwith the springs 10 which act to press the strip outwardly or towardsthe base of the guideway. T-shaped guiding members 11 are fastened tothe side strips 5 and engage the guideways and the small flange of theL-shaped strip engages the heads of these members, as shown in Figure 3.Similar shaped guidingl members 12 are arranged at the lower corners ofthe screen, but these members are made much larger than the members 11,and they are also engaged by the strips 9. These members 12 also carrysprinvs 13 for engaging the bottoms ofthe guieways'. A' handle member Bis connected with the bottom of the screen and is composed of theflanged base part 14 and the flanged channel-shaped part 15 their loweredges, withthe looped part projecting so as to engage the window silland make :a tight joint when the screen is in lowered position. yTheends of each lmember 12 also pass between the end portions of the parts14'and ,15. The casing 2 is provided with a large opening 2 which willbe closed by the basev part ,lltwhen the screen is in raised position.'This opening 2 is large enough to provide access to the spring rollerand to permit the roller to be inserted and withdrawn, as desired. Thespring pressed strips 9, acting on the. guiding'members 11 and 12, asshown in Figure 3, will prevent rattling of the parts and will preventthe looping or slackening of the screen in its movement. n

The lower endof each strip 5 is bent and passed through slots formed inthe inner member l2 of the guiding member 12, as

shown at 5 in Figure 8.

have provided a screen which can be raised and lowered like a shade andwhich will make Aa tight connection with the Window when in loweredposition through means of the guideways, the strips 5 and the. flexiblestrip 16 carried by the handle member. By placing the device at theouter side of a Window, as shown in Figure 2, it can remain in position,when not being used, as the screen can be rolled up in the casing and asthe part 14 covers the opening in the casing, the screen and the partsthereof will be pro tected from the elements by the casing.

It is thought from the foregoing descripN tion that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.-

l desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What l claim is 1. A device of the class described including a screenmember, a flexible strip, attached to one end of the screen member, aguide Within Which the strip is movable, an

Leiazei offset chamber formed in the guide member, a T-shaped guidemember carried by the metal strip and movable along the bottom of theoffset chamber, an L-shapedstrip having one arm connected to one Wall ofthe offset chamber and the other arm bearing against the inner side ofthe head of the "l1"- shaped guide member, and a spring member havingconnection with the L-shaped strip and bearing against the outer Wall ofthe offset chamber.

Q. A device of the class described including a screen member, a flexiblemetal strip connected to one edge of the screen member, a guide havingan offset chamber formed therein. a l"shaped guide member connected tothe flexible strip and having its head portion disposed between theguides, an L- shaped strip in the chamber having one arm connected toone wall of the chamber and the other arm bearing against the head ofthe T-shaped guide member, and a spring member secured to the L-shapedstrip and bearing against the outer Wall of said chamber.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature.

THOMAS J. BURNS.

